Cheesefare Wednesday
In Russian: Среда сыропустная
In Church Slavonic: Сре́да сыропꙋ́стнаѧ
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (5 February on the Old calendar), movable date
New calendar
- , movable date
2027
Old calendar
- (25 February on the Old calendar), movable date
New calendar
- , movable date
Also commemorated on 18 February 2026
- ✚Repose of Saint Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov († 1696)
- Afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord
- Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily († 251)
- Мч. Михаила, прмц. Александры (1942)
- Martyr Theodoula of Anazarbus in Cilicia, and with her Martyrs Helladius, Macarius, Boethus, and Evagrius († c. 304)
- Spruce (Eletsky) Icon found in Chernigov (1060) and the “In Search of the Perishing” Icon of the Mother of God